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' STAPLE DRIVER.

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UNITED STATES" WILL1 S-W. BLOODWORTH, OF Monro, FLORIDA, ssien'on AND] JOHN mees, or SAME PLACE.

' P TENT" OFFICE? 170' HIMSEII STAPLE-DRIVER. I

srncr'rrcnrron forming part 0! Letters Patent No. 373,?65, dated November 15. I I

Application filed March 18, new. semiiro. 231.401., (N o model To'allzbhbirt it may concern.-

Be itv known that I, WILLIS W. BLOOD- WORTH, of Molino', in the county of Fscambia and State of Florida, have invented anew and Improved Staple-Driver, of which the follow-.

ing-is a full, clear, and exact description.

Theobject'of my invention is to provide a new and improved device for driving staples when building wire fences, said device being simple and durable in Construction and very efl'ectivein operation.

' The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of certain parts anddetails v and combinations-"of 'the'same,as' will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had-to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a central sectional plan viewol' myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on theline a: a; of Fig. 1.

- Fig. 3 is a plan view of the front part of my Y vation of my improvement on the liney y of' Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the staple .holder on the line u u of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is".

improvement. Fig. 4 is a sectional end elea cross-sectional'view of my improvement on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

My improved staple-driver'is provided with a casing, A, made in two parts,B and B, fast- ,ened togetherby screws. The two parts B and B form in the front end acentral rectangular aperture, B, which continues into the round central aperture, B"; which connects at each side with a slot, B, extendingto the outside.

continuing toward the rear into a rod, 0, pro- G, abutting against the rear end of thecasing A when the hammer is in its innermost position. From'the collar 0 projects rearwardly the rod 0, provided. on its outer end with a to fill the holder E with staples.

stop-collar, 0, and on the rod (3 slides the handle D, for operating the said hammer O.

ing the wire to'be fastened bya staple in place rial to which the wire is to be fastened. From oneside of the part B of the casing A projects the staple-holderE, having a central aperture, 'E, opening: .at the top into the aperture B, and the said holder is also provided onone staples into the holder.

On the outer part theholder Efits ahandle, F, adaptedto slide on the sameand provided with the spring-catch-G, engaginga shoulder, E, formed on the holder E. (See the handle F on the said holder E.. In'the censtaple guide-rod H, attached at its upper end to the cross-piece H, secured 'to'the part B of the bottom of the said aperture B On. the-lower end of the rod H is fastened a collar, H, on which rests one end of a spring, I, coiled'on the rod H, and pressing with its other end on the collar Jof tbe sleeve J, adapted to ride on the rod H. A pin, K, secured "to. the handle F and projecting inward, is adapted to engage the said collar Jf, so as to cause the sleeveJ to move outward, thus compressing the spring I when the handle F-is moved outward, so as to enable the operator The said pin K passes through a longitudinal slot formed in the holder A, so as to permit an outward movement of. the handle F on the holder E.

The'operation is as follows: The holder-E is filled with staples by disengaging the spring-catch G from the shoulder E. and holding the handle F outward until the side opening, E, is free,,as shown in Fig. 4, the sleeve J being pulled outward with the handle F as the pin KQeugages the collar J. The staples are now placed on the rod 11 through the said on the sleeve J, as shown in Fig.1. As soon as the holder is filled then the handle F is on the front end of the body part B of the .casing A is formed a projection, 13*", for hold-.

when the said staple is driven into the mate- Fig. 4.) The spring-catch G serves to hold tral aperture, E, of the holder E is held the moved inward and locked by the spring-catch side with aslot, E, for the introduction ofthe the casing A. The cross-piece H'is flushwith aperture E,and with the first staple resting KOO the handle D in the same direction the hammer O is moved toward the rear with the han dle'until the pins Gistrike the rear ends of their slots B. The front part of the plunger G is drawn by this movement beyond the aperture E, so that the innermost staple enters the aperture B, and can now be driven over the wire into the material to which the wire is to be fastened. This is done by the operator pressing the projection B upon the wire and then moving the handleD inward in the direction of the arrow a, so that the hammer 0 slides in the same direction as soon as the handle D strikes the collar 0, thus driving the staple in the aperture 13 into the material and over the wire to be fastened to the said material. t

In order to drive another staple, the same operation as above described is repeated, the spring I always forcing one staple into the aperture B as soon as the hammerG is moved in its outermost position, as shown in Fig. 2. \Vhen the last staple is driven, then the collar J of the sleeve J rests on the pin K, and the top of the said sleeve is flush with the upper end of the aperture E. I

It will be seen that the staples can be very rapidly driven over the wire, which is held in position by the projection B Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l 4 1. In a staple-driver, the combination, with a casing having a central aperture and a staple-holderv having :a central apertureand formed at right angles on the said casing, of a hammer sliding in the central aperture of the said casing, a handle sliding on the said hammer and operating the same, a staple guiderod held in the central aperture of the said holder, a sleeve sliding on the said guide-rod, and a spring coiled on the said rod and forcing the staples from the central aperture of the holder into the said central aperture of the easing, substantially as described.

2. In a staple-driver, the combination, with the casing A, having the central apertures, B and B and the side slots, 13, of the hammer 0, consisting of the plunger 0, fitting into the aperture B, the rod 0, fitting into the.

aperture B and provided with the lugs C, engaging the slots B, the collar 0, formed on the said rod 0", the rod 0 and the collar C on the outer end of the said rod 0 and the handle D, sliding on the said rod (3 between the said collars C and O, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a staple-driver, the casing A, having central apertures, a hammer operating in the said central apertures, and a staple-holder projecting from the said casing and provided with an opening, E", in combination with the guide-rod H, secured by its cross-piece H to thesaid casing, the sleeve 'J adapted to slide on the said guide-rod, and a spring coiled on the said guide rod H and forcing the said sleeve inward, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a staple-driver, the staple-holder E, having the side opening, E", the central guiderod, H, held in the said holder E, the spring I, coiled on the said guiderod H and the sleeve J, sliding on the said guide-rod H and having a collar, J, in combination with the handle F, adapted to slide on the said holder E, and the pin K,secured to the said handle Fand adapted to engage the said collar J so as to move the said sleeve outward, pressing the said spring when the said handle F is moved outward,

substantially as shown and described.

5.. In a staple-driver, the staple-holder E, having the side opening, E, the central guiderod, H, held in the said holder E, the spring I, coiled on the said guide-rod H, and the sleeve J, sliding on the said guide-rod H and having a collar, J, in combination with the handle F, adapted to slide on the said holder E. the pin K, secured to the said handle F and adapted to engage the said collar J so as to move the said sleeve outward, compressing the said spring when the said handle F is moved outward,'and means, substantially as described, for fastening the said handle to the said holder, as set forth.

WILLIS W. BLOODXVORTH'.

Witnesses:

'0. L. WIGGINS,

D. D. MCDAVID. 

